African American Alumni Council buries time capsule for Black History Month
By Priya Ray, Staff Writer
February 28, 2020
The African American Alumni Council gathered Thursday to bury a time capsule containing artifacts from the legacies of African-American individuals at Pitt.
The Perch honors Black History Month through celebration of Afro-Caribbean food
By Sinead McDevitt, Staff Writer
February 25, 2020
When planning this year's Black History Month dinner, Pitt and its dining contractor Sodexo decided to focus on Afro-Carribean dishes, featuring food from Jamaica, Haiti, Trinidad, Barbados and other areas.
Black History Month events focus on past, present, future of black life
By Grace Giglio, For The Pitt News
February 21, 2020
The organizers of this year’s Black History Month celebrations decided to honor the first and only black speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives by naming the festivities after K. Leroy Irvis.
Catalog of visiting black poets’ work on display in Hillman Library
By Brenden Rearick, For The Pitt News
February 20, 2020
Colorful chapbooks — small collections of poetry centered on a theme — currently line the featured shelves in Hillman’s new African American poetry exhibit.
African American her-story: Author talks new book on history of black women in America
By Nathan Fitchett, Staff Writer
February 19, 2020
Faculty, students and community members gathered on Tuesday afternoon to hear Daina Ramey Berry discuss her new book, “A Black Women’s History of the United States.”
Sodexo offers culturally diverse meals
By Remy Samuels, Staff Writer
February 21, 2019
According to Sodexo district manager Abdou Cole, Sodexo made the move to represent different cultures as accurately as possible after listening to the demands of students.
SGB talks race, housing, sexual health
By Maureen Hartwell, Staff Writer
February 6, 2019
Jahari Mercer offered a moment of silence for the 2012 death of Trayvon Martin during his report at the Board’s weekly Tuesday meeting, the day Martin would’ve turned 24 years old.
Professor lectures about black Pittsburgh
By Katie Gingerich | For The Pitt News
February 22, 2018
Larry Glasco — a Pitt history professor who mainly teaches about race, caste and the African-American experience in Pittsburgh — said he rarely gets to speak on topics that go beyond “uninterrupted discrimination and oppression.” But during a lecture Wednesday afternoon, he had the chance to f...